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Herminia Ibarra is the Charles Handy Professor of Organisational Behaviour at London Business School (LBS). Before joining LBS, she served on the INSEAD and Harvard Business School faculties.
As an expert on leadership and career development, Herminia Ibarra ranks among the top management thinkers in the world by Thinkers 50. She is a member of the World Economic Forum’s Expert Network, a judge for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year Award, a Fellow of the British Academy, and the 2018 Academy of Management’s Scholar-Practitioner Award recipient.
Herminia Ibarra is also a member of the London Business School’s governing body. She chaired the Harvard Business School Visiting Committee from 2012 to 2016 and served on the INSEAD board of directors.
Originally from Cuba, Herminia Ibarra earned her MA and PhD from Yale University as a National Science Fellow.
Herminia Ibarra has authored two bestselling books, “Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader” and “Working Identity”. She also contributes to leading academic journals and business publications. These include the Harvard Business Review, Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. Her article, “The Leader as Coach,” won the 2019 Warren Bennis Prize for the best leadership article in the Harvard Business Review.
Herminia Ibarra is an international conference speaker. Her talks focus on leadership roles, leadership skills for organisational transformation, how to get a more diverse pool of talent to the top and developing authentic sponsorship relationships. She lives in the United Kingdom and speaks English.